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Hi Andrasnm. Here is what has happened in my Roth IRA at Benjamin & Jerold. I had some option positions in it. They were put in over the phone with a broker. I never went on margin. But I was charged margin interest. I questioned this a couple times. I was always told it was a...

Hi Andrasnm. So Eddie why not keep using Ben & Jerry ??? Just curious.. They are a good broker. I think their internet option trades cost about $38 plus a little extra for additional contracts. And the phone orders cost $5 or $10 more. And spreads cost about $105 to $115. This is a...

I don't trade naked calls or puts often. Here is an example of when I would use naked calls or puts. Last week vrsn traded as low as 75. I strongly felt this is very close to a bottom. I wanted to sell a vrsn Jan/2001 70 put at a premium of 9 & change. Most brokers require me to put up 30%...

I want to thank everyone for all their advice & help. I sometimes buy a stock. I will often sell covered calls against it. Sometimes after a stock has risen a lot I sell out of the money uncovered calls. Sometimes after a stock has fallen a lot I sell puts. An example would be last week...

Is InteractiveBrokers.Com good for someone who might only trade a few times per month? If I get my account built up then I would probably tade a little more often. To start out I might just purchase a stock and sell covered calls. Then I would probably start buying naked calls. I've never...

I want to find a discount online broker where I can trade uncovered calls & puts. Can anyone help? The sites I found that rate online brokers didn't say I couldn't trade uncovered calls & puts. I went down to Scottrade and only found this out after I already filled out all the forms. Is this...